Eoin Murray, The third studio album from Blanck Mass sees Benjamin John Power reach further into his murky catalogue of abrasive, abstract sounds and gritty electronics. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.djmag.com as the source. Below, you’ll find DJ Mag’s Top 50 albums of the year. 2019 was a year in which deeply personal and boldly political music ruled the long-player format. Largely written during his sister’s terminal illness, it’s an introspective record of delicate notes and arrangements. Encompassing everything that’s fun and free about jungle, it’s a beautiful, psychedelic — sometimes whimsical — album, showcasing the Dutch producer’s talent for writing dreamy tracks that can turn the dancefloor into a throng of enchanted limbs. Temple’s devastating and dramatic style of techno evokes dystopian landscapes with blistering drum programming and scintillating percussive sounds. … This is presented not as an absence, but as an opportunity for something spectacular. Oil Of Even Pearl’s Un-Insides Remix Album. Eoin Murray, Anthony Naple’s ‘Fog FM’ is an enchanting listen. Ben Murphy, Pairing the direct lyrical flow of Kenyan MC Yallah with Debmaster’s rugged cuts, ‘Kubali’ landed on Nyege Nyege Tapes’ club-orientated sub-label Hakuna Kulala in August. Below, you'll find the 50 albums that defined the year in electronic music . As we noted in our albums of the decade round up, turbulent times have found many artists making increasingly vigorous socio-political work, while others have found new ways of making introspective works with electronic instruments, and even Artificial Intelligence. The much-loved UK techno duo perform a live hardware set. Thrust Publishing Ltd, Unit 3, 30-40 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ, United Kingdom. Of the younger artists coming through, slowthai was nominated for the Mercury Prize for his acerbic debut full-length proper, ‘Nothing Great About Britain’, yet another testament to the engaged and unwavering energy that defined electronic music across the board in 2019. Eoin Murray, Dave's Mercury Music Prize-winning album ‘Psychodrama’ is the story of a year of therapy from the South London MC, dealing with issues like mental health and his brother’s incarceration. Ibibio Sound Machine’s mix of Nigerian Afrobeat, electronic funk and post-punk reaches its zenith on ‘Doko Mien’. The album title, ‘ATAXIA’, the medical term for the loss of control of bodily movements, perhaps best describes the album. Over 51 dazzling minutes, Murlo gleefully flies through the electronic spectrum, brushing on grime, garage, R&B, trance, funky and ambient to tell the story of “a man who escapes the city in search of solace”. Tel: +44(0)7940488008, Moor Mother 'Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes', Copyright Thrust Publishing Ltd. The album embodies where club music is at in East Africa right now: a devastating delivery of bass-heavy soundsystem music. Melancholic and thoughtful, at times run through with the kind of confused anger that only grief can bring, it demands full listening. DJ Mag's top 50 albums of 2019. While 2019 had no shortage of those, this year will be more easily remembered for its albums. On ‘Loom Dream’, Leif’s first “fully” ambient album, he blends pastoral field recordings and dusty chimes into soothing ambient beds, while muted, sporadic percussion keeps things upright and stirring. Nominated for a Mercury Music Prize — which also gave us a brilliant, controversial performance at the awards show — ‘Nothing Great About Britain’ will go down as one of 2019’s most definitive artistic and political statements. The album is as assured as it is vulnerable, exploring themes of internal conflict to stunning effect. Kristan J Caryl, On ‘Lifetime’, Klein’s music oozes with confidence. Ash Lauryn on women in dance music, then and now. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, Finnish artist Aleksi Perälä has spent years producing techno music based on the Colundi musical tuning system, which disregards the conventional Western 12-tone scale for something more expansive and ecstatic. Ben Hindle, London producer Loraine James’ debut album detailed sensuality, fear, anxiety, joy, and sadness. Some years stand out for the bangers they produced, for the adrenaline-shot belters that shook festivals and club floors night after night, and never felt overplayed. ‘IGOR’ proved everybody wrong. What's Hot Upfront Promos New Releases Compilations Essentials Top 200 Singles Of 2019 Top 100 Albums Of 2019 Top 200 Compilations Of 2019 Top 100 Sounds & Loops Of 2019 Weekend Weapons Hype Chart Pre-Orders. There’s the occasional moment of placid reflection, as on the ambient tones and loon calls of ‘My Body Is Powerful’, but her style is simply dance music, made with love. Album standout ‘Crush The Mushrooms’ quickly became an underground set staple, its spiralling rave energy conjured from tumultuous drums and acid-tinged, multi-dimensional textures. Ben Murphy, One of the most beautiful leftfield electronic records of recent times, ‘Severance’ is the work of Cork, Ireland-based brothers Michael and Ciaran Corcoran, and finds them exploring the emotional landscapes previously mapped by artists like Reload and Boards Of Canada. Personal, honest and bold, it introduced the artist to a global audience, and shows exactly where UK rap is at at the end of the decade. Eoin Murray, Rian Treanor’s debut album landed on Planet Mu in March, following EPs on The Death Of Rave and Warp’s Arcola imprint. 2019 found these themes coalescing masterfully on more than one occasion, and pointed to an electronic and dance music landscape that is more emotionally open, and politically engaged, than it has been in a long time. From the abrasive textures of ‘London Ting // Dark As Fuck’, featuring MC Le3 bLACK, to the welcome wash of chimes among glitching electronica on ‘Vowel // Consonant’, it’s a dynamic, complex and progressive album. Copyright Thrust Publishing Ltd. Eoin Murray, An album to get lost in, the fourth LP from HTRK sees the duo follow their 2014 effort with a significant stylistic shift. Ben Murphy, Up till now, Glasgow’s Konx-Om-Pax has been best known for his dazzling animations and design for artists like Lone, but ‘Ways Of Seeing’ proves he’s equally adept in the studio.